1. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Territory-wide System Assessment 2013 Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

2. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop TimeProgrammeVenueFacilitator 9:30 – 9:45 IntroductionHall Joanne Lee 9:45 – 10:15 Oral Assessment AdministrationHall Joanne Lee 10:15 – 10:45 Scoring GuideHall Sabine Honig & Joanne Lee 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 11:40 Group SessionClassroom Assistant Examiners 11:40 – 12:15 Recruitment Test & MarkingClassroom Assistant Examiners 12:15 – 12:30 Q & A Hall Sabine Honig & Joanne Lee

3. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Date: 24 – 25 April 2013 Date: 24 – 25 April 2013 Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15 Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15 Individual Presentation Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Group Interaction Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

4. Information regarding any aspect of the assessment and student performances is strictly confidential and should NOT be disclosed to anyoneInformation regarding any aspect of the assessment and student performances is strictly confidential and should NOT be disclosed to anyone It is NOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of students for each scoreIt is NOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of students for each score Rate ALL STUDENTS independently and consistently throughout the assessmentsRate ALL STUDENTS independently and consistently throughout the assessments Be FRIENDLY and put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcement and praiseBe FRIENDLY and put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcement and praise Students should be encouraged to maintain EYE CONTACT with the oral examinersStudents should be encouraged to maintain EYE CONTACT with the oral examiners Keep your mobile phone OFF during the entire oral assessmentKeep your mobile phone OFF during the entire oral assessment Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

5. Assessment Administration Video Presentation: Before the Assessments Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

6. Individual Presentation Video Presentation: Conducting the Assessments Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

7. Assessment Administration Video Presentation: After the Assessments Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

8. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Examiner’s Report Complete and return the report to the HKEAA by 3 May 2013

9. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment, please inform the TSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 by by AM session: 6:30 am PM session: 11:30 am Reserve Examiners must keep mobile phones on from 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitution In case of bad weather, public announcement broadcast via radio & TV (EDB)

10. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Enquiries Administration matters: Secondary schools: 3628 8191 Subject and assessment related matters: General: 3628 8188 Information (including videos presented at this workshop) will be uploaded to the TSA website http://www.bca.hkeaa.edu.hk TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

11. Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

12. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Individual Presentation Your class is interested in learning about festivals in Hong Kong. You are preparing a two-minute presentation about Christmas in Hong Kong. You may use some ideas from the following mind map or your own ideas in your presentation. gifts shopping Christmas lights turkey pudding Christmas party Christmas songs Christmas dinner ? ? food Christmas You may use the following or your own words to begin and end your presentation. Good morning, everybody. People love Christmas in Hong Kong… That’s all I want to say. Thank you.

13. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Score Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Show appropriate awareness of audience 1 Make occasional attempts to display audience awareness 0 Make a limited or no attempt to display audience awareness Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

14. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery 4  Express ideas that are relevant to inform and explain with details  Communicate ideas clearly and coherently  Use varied and appropriate language patterns  Use appropriate vocabulary  Speak clearly and fluently, with few or no errors in pronunciation  Use intonation to enhance communication 3  Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with some details  Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently  Use mostly appropriate language patterns  Use mostly appropriate vocabulary  Speak clearly with some errors in pronunciation and occasional hesitation  Make occasional attempts to use intonation

15. Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery 3  Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with some details  Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently  Use mostly appropriate language patterns  Use mostly appropriate vocabulary  Speak clearly with some errors in pronunciation and occasional hesitation  Make occasional attempts to use intonation 2  Express adequate ideas that are relevant to the topic  Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently  Use simple language patterns  Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication  Speak clearly though hesitantly with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication OR  Occasional hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

16. TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery 2  Express adequate ideas that are relevant to the topic  Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently  Use simple language patterns  Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication  Speak clearly though hesitantly with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication OR  Occasional hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication 1  Express limited or disjointed ideas that are relevant to the topic  Use basic language patterns with possible errors  Appropriately use vocabulary drawn from a limited and very familiar range, awkward wording may make understanding unclear  Speak with frequent errors in pronunciation that impedes communication OR  Hesitant/stilted speech that impedes communication Remarks: - Presentations lasting less than 1 minute will not be awarded scores more than 2 on any criteria. - Students who read word for word from their own notes (requires examiner’s judgment based on evidence) will not be awarded scores more than 2 on any criteria.

17. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Score of 0 Ideas & Organisation Do not express any relevant or understandable information Vocabulary & Language Patterns Do not produce any recognisable words or language patterns Pronunciation & Delivery Do not produce any comprehensible English speech Strategies for Oral Communication Make a limited or no attempt to display audience awareness OR Make no attempt at all TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

18. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Scoring Guide Group Interaction

19. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Group Interaction You and two other members of the English Club are going to help organise a story- telling competition. You meet to discuss the plan for the competition. In your discussion, you may include: when and where the competition will take place who will take part who will be the judge(s) how you will tell other students about the competition what the rules will be for the competition any other details that are important You may begin by saying: We’re going to hold a story-telling competition very soon. Let’s talk about the best time for the competition…

20. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Score Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple turn- taking strategies* to maintain interaction 1 Use limited formulaic expressions and/or interaction strategies to respond to others 0 Do not use any interaction strategies OR Make no attempt at all * Turn-taking strategies include responding and maintaining interaction as well as drawing others in to participate interaction as well as drawing others in to participate TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction

21. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction Score Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility 4 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant with supporting details 3 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some details

22. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Score Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility 3 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some details 2 Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic that are relevant to the topic TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction

23. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2013 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction Score Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility 2 Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic 1 Give limited responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic, generally prompted 0 Do not express any relevant OR Make no attempt at all understandable information No score will be awarded on ‘ Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility’: 1.Only read out questions using the prompts 2.Only provide ‘Yes / No’ answers without further details

24. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Hand in to Assistant Examiner: Sample video score sheetSample video score sheet Recruitment testRecruitment test Declaration formDeclaration form Evaluation formEvaluation formReminders: CertificateCertificate Appointment letterAppointment letter TSA 2013 Oral Assessments

25. Group Session Classroom Assistant Examiner Floor Group 1 Ms Surita Gill 1/F Group 2 Ms Grace Tsui 1/F Group 3 Ms Jenny Wong Mr Terence Au-Yeung 1/F Group 4 Ms Lok Yin Yee 1/F Group 5 Mr Kam Au 2/F Group 6 Ms Chui Hung Fun 2/F Group 7 Mr Peter Wong 2/F Group 8 Mr Frank Chan 2/F Group 9 Mr Thomas Tong 3/F

26. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Territory-wide System Assessment 2013 S3 English Language Oral Assessments Thank You